06-26-2016, 10:47 PM
(06-26-2016, 06:13 PM)sally Wrote: In 1992 I made minimum wage which was $4.25 per hour and I never got free college tuition so I don't have a real bleeding heart when it comes to that. I would pay taxes on a universal health care system though, were the only country who likes to make insurance companies rich while getting screwed up the ass.
Shit I meant 1994, as if that doesn't already make me sound old enough. I never did have to walk 10 miles barefooted in the snow to school though. I always caught a ride. And with shoes on.
It doesn't have anything to do with bleeding hearts, you grouchy old bitch. It has to do with what one desires for the next generations, and it has to do with economic reality.
Your minimum wage back in the 90s equates to the current federal minimum wage today, after inflation adjustment. That means there's been no increase or improvement in standard of living for lower-income workers in the U.S. for over two decades.
So, if your perspective is 'fuck em', my young adult children can afford to buy a couple of boxes of beer per week just like I did, I understand why you feel the way you do and that's cool. Not everyone feels that way though.
Some parents have worked hard to build a better future for their children and expect them to be as independent as you and I were. They don't have the desire or means to employ and support their adult children. Those such parents might find it concerning that their adult children are working and yet not able to afford what's considered 'essential' today (mobile phones, laptops...) and living in the family home until they're in their late 20s and beyond.